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===West 13th, West 14th, West 15th, and Redman===
===West 13th, West 14th, West 15th, and Redman===
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Image:1949_Aerial_View_of_Barbarowa_neighborhood.jpg|1949 Aerial view of the Barbarowa Neighborhood
Image:1949_Aerial_View_of_Barbarowa_neighborhood.jpg|1949 Aerial view of the Barbarowa Neighborhood
Image:West13th.jpg|'''West 13th St.''' - Looking south from Redman [About 1960]
Image:West13th.jpg|'''West 13th St.''' - Looking south from Redman [About 1960]
Image:3701_W13th_-_Tillie_Kuczek_store.jpg|'''West 13th St.''' - Tillie Kuczek's store at 3701 W13th
Image:3701_W13th_-_Tillie_Kuczek_store.jpg|'''West 13th St.''' - Tillie Kuczek's store at 3701 W13th
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Image:1222_Redman_house.jpg|'''1222 Redman Ave.''' - Bartkiewicz home<br><small>(submitted by the Bartkiewicz family)</small>
Image:Redman-lowerNortheastside.jpg|'''Redman Ave.''' - northside from W14th to W13th
Image:Redman-lowerNortheastside.jpg|'''Redman Ave.''' - northside from W14th to W13th
Image:Redman-lowerSoutheastside.jpg|'''Redman Ave.''' - southside from W14th to W13th
Image:Redman-lowerSoutheastside.jpg|'''Redman Ave.''' - southside from W14th to W13th
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===City Dump and Redman Woods===
===City Dump and Redman Woods===
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Image:City_Dump_north_of_Denison_-_facing_north.jpg|'''City Dump''' - Facing north (just north of Denison Ave. and west of West 15th) The rubbish that was dumped here served as a landfill. Originally, there was a deep ravine between [[Riverside Cemetery]] and the property on [[Gertie St.|West 15th Street]]
Image:City_Dump_north_of_Denison_-_facing_north.jpg|'''City Dump''' - Facing north (just north of Denison Ave. and west of West 15th) The rubbish that was dumped here served as a landfill. Originally, there was a deep ravine between [[Riverside Cemetery]] and the property on [[Gertie St.|West 15th Street]]
Image:City_Dump_north_of_Denison_-_facing_northwest.jpg|'''City Dump''' - Facing northwest (City Hospital) (just north of Denison Ave. and west of West 15th)
Image:City_Dump_north_of_Denison_-_facing_northwest.jpg|'''City Dump''' - Facing northwest (City Hospital) (just north of Denison Ave. and west of West 15th)
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Image:Mystery_wall.jpg|'''Redman Woods''' - Mystery wall. This odd stone wall was on the northern part of the Redman woods. We never have been able to figure out why. [[Riverside Cemetery]] was probably planning to span the ravine with a bridge to allow vehicle traffic from one side to the other.
Image:Mystery_wall.jpg|'''Redman Woods''' - Mystery wall. This odd stone wall was on the northern part of the Redman woods. We never have been able to figure out why. [[Riverside Cemetery]] was probably planning to span the ravine with a bridge to allow vehicle traffic from one side to the other.
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===Denison Ave., Jennings Ave.===
===Denison Ave., Jennings Ave.===
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Image:Could_be_denison_hill.jpg|How '''Denison hill''' would have looked in the 1800's. This image isn't really Denison hill. The view was actually from Zanesville, but the resemblance was so strong, that it helps give you an idea of what might have been.
Image:Could_be_denison_hill.jpg|How '''Denison hill''' would have looked in the 1800's. This image isn't really Denison hill. The view was actually from Zanesville, but the resemblance was so strong, that it helps give you an idea of what might have been.
Image:Denison_Hill.jpg|'''Denison Ave.''' hill down to Jennings Ave. Note the long wooden stairway that helped pedestrians get from the top of the hill to the bottom.
Image:Denison_Hill.jpg|'''Denison Ave.''' hill down to Jennings Ave. Note the long wooden stairway that helped pedestrians get from the top of the hill to the bottom.
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Image:Factories.jpg|'''Factories''' in the Jennings and Denison Aves. area. The tall smoke stacks are probably part of [[Harshaw Chemical]].
Image:Factories.jpg|'''Factories''' in the Jennings and Denison Aves. area. The tall smoke stacks are probably part of [[Harshaw Chemical]].
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===Harvard-Denison Bridge===
===Harvard-Denison Bridge===
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Image:Harvard-Denison bridge early image.jpg|Early photo of the Harvard-Denison bridge. Probably taken around 1910. Note the absence of factories. The view is to the northeast. The stairs down to Jennings Avenue can be seen a little more than halfway down the bridge.
Image:Harvard-Denison bridge early image.jpg|Early photo of the Harvard-Denison bridge. Probably taken around 1910. Note the absence of factories. The view is to the northeast. The stairs down to Jennings Avenue can be seen a little more than halfway down the bridge.
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Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_plaque.jpg|Dedication plaque
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Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_plaque.jpg|Dedication plaque<br>''Harvard-Denison Viaduct''<br>''1909-1910''
Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_1964.jpg|Looking east (circa 1964)
Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_1964.jpg|Looking east (circa 1964)
Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_stairway.jpg|Stairway that led from the bridge deck down to Jennings Avenue
Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_stairway.jpg|Stairway that led from the bridge deck down to Jennings Avenue
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Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_with_CTS_bus.jpg|Looking east - #18 CTS Bus
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Image:Harvard-Denison_Bridge_with_CTS_bus.jpg|The #18 CTS Bus<br>facing east
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Image:Under_the_Harvard-Denison_bridge.jpg|Swampy area under the Harvard-Denison Bridge (about 1964)
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Image:Under_the_Harvard-Denison_bridge.jpg|Swampy area under the Harvard-Denison Bridge (about 1964)<br>facing southeast
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Image:Harvard-Denison_bridge_3.jpg|Concrete supports - east end over the [[Cuyahoga River]] (circa 1964)
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Image:Harvard-Denison_bridge_3.jpg|Concrete supports - east end over the [[Cuyahoga River]] (circa 1964)<br>facing southeast
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===Jennings Freeway Demolition===
===Jennings Freeway Demolition===
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Image:Freeway4x.jpg|'''West 14th St.''' looking south from Redman. The State shows no mercy for the condemned neighborhood. This view taken in 1964 shows part of the houses already torn down for the Jennings Freeway.
Image:Freeway4x.jpg|'''West 14th St.''' looking south from Redman. The State shows no mercy for the condemned neighborhood. This view taken in 1964 shows part of the houses already torn down for the Jennings Freeway.
Image:West14th-lookingSouth-after.jpg|'''West 14th St.''' looking south from Redman. This view taken in 1964 shows the same area after it was cleaned up a bit.
Image:West14th-lookingSouth-after.jpg|'''West 14th St.''' looking south from Redman. This view taken in 1964 shows the same area after it was cleaned up a bit.
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I verified this with city maps which date to 1930’s. So the park was created after that time frame.'' Thanks to Steven Skidd for this information!</small>
I verified this with city maps which date to 1930’s. So the park was created after that time frame.'' Thanks to Steven Skidd for this information!</small>
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===Miscellaneous===
===Miscellaneous===
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:Photos wanted! Please submit any you might have for the Brooklyn Centre area to [mailto:barbarowa@yahoo.com barbarowa@yahoo.com]
:Photos wanted! Please submit any you might have for the Brooklyn Centre area to [mailto:barbarowa@yahoo.com barbarowa@yahoo.com]
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Image:1950_snowstorm_on_Redman_(01).jpg|Scene on Redman Ave. (or possibly at 3706 W.13th) just after the great 1950 snowstorm. <br><small>(Submitted by Sally Kalemba)</small>
Image:1950_snowstorm_on_Redman_(01).jpg|Scene on Redman Ave. (or possibly at 3706 W.13th) just after the great 1950 snowstorm. <br><small>(Submitted by Sally Kalemba)</small>
Image:1950_snowstorm_on_Redman_(02).jpg|Scene on Redman Ave. just after the great 1950 snowstorm. Houses in the foreground are (right to left) 1226, 1230, and 1302 Redman.<br><small>(Submitted by Sally Kalemba)</small>
Image:1950_snowstorm_on_Redman_(02).jpg|Scene on Redman Ave. just after the great 1950 snowstorm. Houses in the foreground are (right to left) 1226, 1230, and 1302 Redman.<br><small>(Submitted by Sally Kalemba)</small>
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:My recollection is that I was sitting on my Grandmother's porch on [[Redman Avenue]] reading a book when it started getting awfully scary looking outside. The sky seemed to take on a greenish hue. My Grandmother must have been listening to the radio because she rushed to the door and told me to get inside right away. My Mom was working at Republic Steel at the time, so she had no idea if we were safe, or not. Later she told me that the huge steel doors on the shop were shaking and flexing so much that everyone wondered if they'd be ripped off. When all was said and done, our yard had trees down all over. The next morning, it was a heartwarming sight to see all the neighbors going from yard to yard helping clean up the mess.
:My recollection is that I was sitting on my Grandmother's porch on [[Redman Avenue]] reading a book when it started getting awfully scary looking outside. The sky seemed to take on a greenish hue. My Grandmother must have been listening to the radio because she rushed to the door and told me to get inside right away. My Mom was working at Republic Steel at the time, so she had no idea if we were safe, or not. Later she told me that the huge steel doors on the shop were shaking and flexing so much that everyone wondered if they'd be ripped off. When all was said and done, our yard had trees down all over. The next morning, it was a heartwarming sight to see all the neighbors going from yard to yard helping clean up the mess.
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===West 25th St.===
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:To see photos of the W.25th St. area, see the [[Ruth Ketteringham Collection]] which includes very early photographs from the late 1800's up thru about 1987.
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===Submit Your Photographs===
:Photos wanted! Please submit any you might have for the Brooklyn Centre area to [mailto:barbarowa@yahoo.com barbarowa@yahoo.com]
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Contents

West 13th, West 14th, West 15th, and Redman

City Dump and Redman Woods


Denison Ave., Jennings Ave.


Harvard-Denison Bridge

Jennings Freeway Demolition


Miscellaneous

Photos wanted! Please submit any you might have for the Brooklyn Centre area to barbarowa@yahoo.com


SNOWSTORM COMMENTARY

The above photos give us an idea of the aftermath of the Great Thanksgiving Blizzard of 1950. The storm raged on from Nov. 23rd thru Nov. 27th with howling winds, near zero temperatures, and dropping nearly two feet of snow on Cleveland. You can see from the pictures that the drifts were huge.

The 1951 city directory shows who may have lived in the houses shown in the snowstorm picture:

1226 Umerley Leo J jr
1226 Walczesky Edw
1230 Andreasik Louis J
1230 Kimall Richd C (this should really be Richard KIMBALL)
1302 Chmura Bernard S
1302 Dzierzawski Theo H

One has to assume that the snow shovelers were probably residents of those houses since they were obviously trying to dig out that buried car.

I know nothing about Umerley.

Walczesky was married to a Czarnecki, though I'm not sure if she was related to the Czarnecki's on W.13th street or not. If so, there were plenty of Czarnecki boys to lend a hand.

Andreasik would have been 48 in 1950 and none of the shovelers look that old. Same with Kimball (they misspelled his name in the city directory) -- he was 47. He happened to die just a few months later of a heart attack, so I wonder if he would have even attempted to shovel snow if he knew he had heart problems?

Bernard Chmura was 26 and very likely one of the guys out there. Right age.

I know nothing about Dzierzawski.

So somewhere in the above information is likely the answer. Maybe one day someone from those families will stumble across the pictures and recognize the faces and write to me. We can only hope.....

-- Sandy


Tornado - June 8, 1953

Does anyone have any neighborhood pictures showing some of the damage? Our area didn't get hit nearly as badly as West Park, but the winds were bad enough to bring down some good size trees.
My recollection is that I was sitting on my Grandmother's porch on Redman Avenue reading a book when it started getting awfully scary looking outside. The sky seemed to take on a greenish hue. My Grandmother must have been listening to the radio because she rushed to the door and told me to get inside right away. My Mom was working at Republic Steel at the time, so she had no idea if we were safe, or not. Later she told me that the huge steel doors on the shop were shaking and flexing so much that everyone wondered if they'd be ripped off. When all was said and done, our yard had trees down all over. The next morning, it was a heartwarming sight to see all the neighbors going from yard to yard helping clean up the mess.


West 25th St.

To see photos of the W.25th St. area, see the Ruth Ketteringham Collection which includes very early photographs from the late 1800's up thru about 1987.


Submit Your Photographs

Photos wanted! Please submit any you might have for the Brooklyn Centre area to barbarowa@yahoo.com



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